Bioethics for Public Health Final Examination

Please answer each of the following in a brief paragraph.

l. Please explain why we should have cause for concern regarding the Bioethical issues facing us in today’s modern contemporary Society

2. When does an individuals’ right to choose begin to threaten the autonomy of others? Likewise, when does the quest for autonomy begin to threaten individual rights?

3. Please explain how genetic engineering and testing along with Bio-technology has the potential to promote discrimination.

4. Please describe the inherent social challenges in cloning human beings as we have discussed them in class or otherwise.

5. In your opinion, would it ever be appropriate for employers to screen for predetermined genetic disorders. Why and Why not?

6. Would it ever be ethical to withhold information from a dying patient? Why and Why not?